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Cleopatra (c.69 BC - 30 BC)

Cleopatra of Egypt  ©Cleopatra VII was the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, ruling Egypt from 51 BC - 30 BC. She is celebrated for her beauty and her love affairs with the Roman warlords Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.

Cleopatra was born in 69 BC - 68 BC. When her father Ptolemy XII died in 51 BC, Cleopatra became co-regent with her 10-year-old brother Ptolemy XIII. They were married, in keeping with Egyptian tradition. Whether she was as beautiful as was claimed, she was a highly intelligent woman and an astute politician, who brought prosperity and peace to a country that was bankrupt and split by civil war.

In 48 BC, Egypt became embroiled in the conflict in Rome between Julius Caesar and Pompey. Pompey fled to the Egyptian capital Alexandria, where he was murdered on the orders of Ptolemy. Caesar followed and he and Cleopatra became lovers. Cleopatra, who had been exiled by her brother, was reinstalled as queen with Roman military support. Ptolemy was killed in the fighting and another brother was created Ptolemy XIII. In 47 BC, Cleopat

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Birth of Cleopatra

  • Seven years after he is expelled from Egypt, he is re-instated by Romans but dies the same year.
  • At eighteen years old, Cleopatra takes the throne alongside her twelve year old brother.
  • The advisers of her younger brother stage a revolution against Cleopatra and exile her from Alexandria so that her brother-husband can rule alone.
  • When Cleopatra's younger brother presents Caesar with the head of his long-standing enemy, Pompey, the Roman ruler is upset. He demands both Cleopatra and Ptolemy XII disband their armies and cease fighting one another.
  • When their brother/husband drowns trying to flee a battle, Caesar appoints Ptolemy XIV as Cleopatra's new co-ruler. She agrees and Caesar departs for Rome.
  • Once Julius Caesar is gone to Rome, Cleopatra gives birth to a baby boy, who she names Caesarion (presumably) after his father.
  • After Caesar is instated as dictator in Rome, his comrades plot together and successfully assassinate him. Not even a month later, Cleopatra's co-regent Ptolemy X
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    Cleopatra was a queen of Egypt but she was not Egyptian. She was the last of the Macedonian Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt from the time of Alexander the Great's death in 323 BCE to about 30 BCE. She was a talented and resourceful individual of great charm but ruthless when she felt she had to be.

    Cleopatra was the only one of her family that learned to speak the Egyptian (Coptic) language. She knew a half dozen to a dozen other languages. She was an educated intellectual and a capable administrator. Despite her abilities and effort she failed and her life was one of sadness rather than glamour.

    The Timeline

    • 320 BCE: Alexander conquers Egypt effortlessly as a minor side-campaign in his conquest of the Persian Empire.
    • 323 BCE: Alexander dies in Babylon upon his return from the conquest of what is now Afghanistan, the Indus River Valley and the areas in Central Asia north of Afghanistan. Upon his death his generals divide up Alexander's empire. Ptolemy gets Egypt. Cleopatra is a descendant of Ptolemy.
    • 168 BCE: Rome establishes a protectorate of Egypt.
    • 69 BCE: Cleopat

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